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Games Clubs in Melbourne and Victoria

• Billabong Boardgamers - German social board games
• Box Hill Chess Club - Social chess in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.
• Central Regional Area Boardgaming Society - Location varies but host city is Bendigo.
• Eastern Contract Bridge Club - A Box Hill group where bridge players of all levels are welcome.
• Gaming Knights - Melbourne-based Magic the Gathering and D&D gaming group.
• Games Village - a community of gamers that are committed to providing a complete gaming experience, from casual gaming to high quality competitive events. There are 2 x 8 player LAN tables ready for casual play or competitive tournament events (and internet). There is also plenty of table space for board games, card games and miniatures of any kind. If you want to play a game you can play it here.
• Gamers@Dockers - Melbourne CBD European social boardgamers.
• Hampton Games Club - Meet in the Melbourne suburb of Hampton to play Warhammer Fantasy Battles (WFB), Warhammer 40k, Lord of the Rings (LotR) and other tabletop miniatures wargames.
• Melbourne's Backgammon Club - Welcomes all players, whether locals or visitors, beginners or experts. Novices will find playing guides and friendly advice from Club regulars to help them learn the game. Coaching and events for beginners are held the last Monday of the month.
• Melbourne Chess Club 
• Melbourne Lego Users Club (MUGs)
• Melbourne Meccano Club
• Moderated Format - Magic: The Gathering Club 
• Nunawading Wargames Association Inc.- Historical and fantasy miniatures as well as tabletop games.
• Scrabble Victoria - includes a list of Victorian Scrabble clubs.
• Students playing Go - University of Melbourne group that plays the Go, the ancient Chinese strategy board game (as seen being played by Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind")
• Victorian Bridge Association
• Waverley Bridge Club
• Western Suburbs Wargames Association - Warhammer; Ancients; Napoleonics; Flames of War, Squad Leader and Dungeons and Dragons.

National Games Clubs

• Australian Battle Group - “big-gun” radio-controlled model warship combat. 
• Australian Billiards & Snooker Council
• Australian Chess Federation
• Australian Crossword Club
• Australian Go Association - Play Go, the ancient Chinese strategy board game (as seen being played by Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind")
• Australian Meccano Modeller's Association
• Australian Mensa
• Australian Warrior Group - Australian users of the Warrior set of wargames.
• Boardgames Australia - Find clubs and helpful hints on how to host your own boardgame night.
• Croftminster Games Forum - Forum for trading card and miniatures games including Heroclix, Horrorclix, Mechwarrior, Naruto, Pirates, Pokemon Trading Card Game, Pokemon Trading figure game, Yu-gi-oh! TCG, Star Wars collectable card game.
• DAANZ: Diplomacy Association of Australia and New Zealand - Tournaments, game information and club contacts for people from all over Australia and New Zealand interested in playing the board game Diplomacy.
• Eurogamesfest - Monthly meetings across Australia for European family board games.
• ROARING: Ring Of Australian RoleplayING
• Scrabble Australia includes an online game to explain the logic behind the best moves.
• Society of Australian Ancients Wargamers - miniature figurine table-top wargaming involving the Ancient period. Australia-wide tournaments and events.
• Stepbridge - the Australian Internet bridge club
• WargamerAU Forums - Convention announcements and gaming news for miniatures, tabletop, strategy games and more.

Shopping for games

• Best Games - 1-on-1 Games including chess, backgammon and board games, and Strategy Games lots of strategy and board games, and extensions.
• Yardgames, Australian specialist retailer and wholesaler of giant, outdoor and team games, sells direct to the public, groups, associations, schools and businesses. Guaranteed fun and great for gifts, parties, fetes and other functions. 
• Replay Games used accessories and games consoles - buy, sell & trade used XBOX, Gamecube and PS2 video games  
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